Facundo Bagnis tops Marco Cecchinato 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Santiago on Monday. Bagnis will fight against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money $ 3,570 after winning this match. He has won already $ 9,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bagnis will add $ 5,650 to his earnings to get in total $ 15,250 in total.
Highlights Facundo Bagnis vs. Marco Cecchinato Chile Dove Men+Care Open – Santiago
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 110 points vs. Marco’s 95.
Bagnis
Facundo served pretty well to win 83% of the points (49/59) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. Bagnis was effective at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Cecchinato
On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Bagnis and Cecchinato is 3-0 for Facundo.
Draw and next match H2H: Facundo Bagnis vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Bagnis will compete against Tiafoe in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Bagnis and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Buenos Aires back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Marco won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Cecchinato won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Argentine won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (3-3) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Marco was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bagnis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They contested 88 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Bagnis (46-42). Marco dropped 13 points on serve (30-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 16 points on serve (29-16).
Bagnis had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Facundo managed to boost his lead after breaking Marco in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Cecchinato lost the 3rd game (3-0) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Facundo won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Bagnis won 15 points more than the Italian (33-18). Bagnis was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Marco conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
Bagnis conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Argentine to win the set since the Italian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Bagnis kept his cool to break the Italian in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Argentine converted 100% of his break points (4/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Italian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Italian (35-27). The Argentine conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
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